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SCOPE OF PRESENTATION

 Definition of Terms
 Fire Distribution
 Fire Control
- Types of Fire Control
 Methods of Engagement with
LAW.

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 TECHNIQUES OF FIRE

- Leaders must know fire distribution,

fire control, and methods of engaging
targets with anti-armor weapons.

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 FIRE DISTRIBUTION
 
- Leaders must distribute the fires of their firer
to organic weapons destroy or suppress enemy
positions. There are two ways to distribute fire
on a target - point fire and area fire.
 
a. POINT FIRE
 
- This is fire directed at one point; for
example, an entire team or squad fires at one
bunker.

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 b. AREA FIRE
 
- This type of fire covers an area laterally
and in depth. If a squad leader wants fire on a
wood line, he can shoot tracers to mark the
centers; soldiers on his left fire to the left of
the tracers; soldiers on hisright fire to the
right.

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 TYPES OF FIRE CONTROL

a. Methods of Fire Control

(1) Sound Signals – This includes

both voice and devices such as whistles
and horns. Sound signals are good only
for short distances. Their range and
reliability are reduced by battle noise,

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Methods of Fire Control cont . . .

(2) Trigger points/lines - The leader can

prearrange for soldiers to start firing once
the enemy reaches a certain point or
terrain feature. When this method of fire
control is used, the soldiers do not have
to wait for an order to start firing.

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Methods of Fire Control cont. . .

(3) Visual Signals – The leader can

give a visual signal when he wants the
soldiers to begin, cease, or shift fire as
soon as they see or hear the signal.
Platoons/squads can also use visual
signals triggered by the enemy.

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Methods of Fire Control cont. . .

(4) Time – The platoon/squad may be

directed to begin, shift and cease firing at
a set time.

(5) Techniques of Fire.

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CHARACTERISTIC of TECHNIQUES OF FIRE:

a. Search-fire-check.
Step 1 – Soldiers search their sectors
for enemy targets.
Step 2 – Soldiers fire at any targets
(appropriate for their weapon) that
appear in their sectors.
Step 3 – While searching their
sectors, soldiers look to their leaders for
specific orders.

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CHARACTERISTIC of TECHNIQUES OF FIRE cont…

b. Return-fire – This technique tells

each soldier in the platoon/squad
what to do in case the platoon makes
unexpected contact with the enemy.

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CHARACTERISTIC of TECHNIQUES OF FIRE:

c. Rate-of-fire – This technique tells

each soldier how fast to fire at the
enemy. The rate of fire varies among
weapons, but the principle is to fire at a
maximum rate when first engaging a
target and then slow the rate to a point
that suppress the target and conserves
ammunition.

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CHARACTERISTIC THE TECHNIQUES OF FIRE cont’n . . .

(NOTE: Buddy teams fire their

weapons at varied rates so that they do
not run out of ammunition at the same
time).

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b. Fire Commands
Leaders use fire commands to direct
the fires. A fire command has the
following six parts:
1. Alert.
2. Direction.
3. Description.
4. Range.
5. Method of fire.
6. Command to fire.

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Fire Commands cont’n….
1. Alert - In this part of the
command, the leader alerts the soldiers
to receive further instruction. He can
alert the soldiers by name or unit
designation, by some type of visual or
sound signal, by personal contact, or
by any other practical way.

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Fire Commands cont’n…..
2. Direction – In this part of the fire
command, the leader tells the soldiers
the general direction to the target. In
some cases, it pinpoints a target. There
are three ways to give the direction to
the target.
a. The leader points with his arm or
rifle.

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Fire Commands cont…

b. The leader fires tracer ammunition

at a target.
c. The leaders uses either TRPs or
easily recognized man-made objects or
terrain features. He gives the general
direction just before he gives the
reference point.

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Fire Commands:

3. Description – In this part of the fire

command, the leader describes the
target briefly but accurately. The
formation of enemy soldiers is always
given.

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Fire Commands cont’n …

4. Range – In this part of the fire

command, the leader tells the soldiers
the range to the target in meters.

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Fire Commands cont’n…

6. Command to fire – In this part of

the fire command, the leader tells
soldiers when to fire. He can use an oral
command, a sound, or a visual signal.
When he wants to control the exact
moment of fire, he says, AT MY
COMMAND (then pauses until ready to
commence firing). When he wants to start
firing upon completion of the fire
command, he just says FIRE.

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Fire Commands cont’n …

5. Method of fire – In this part of the

fire command, the leader tells the
soldiers which weapons to fire. He can
also tell the types and amount of
ammunition to fire, and the rate of fire.

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TYPES OF FIRE CONTROL cont’n…:
c. Subsequent Fire Command –
These commands adjust or change
information given in the initial fire
command. Only the elements that
change are given.
d. Termination of Fire – Fire is
terminated by the command or signal
for CEASE FIRE, END OF MISSION.

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Methods of Engagement with LAW

The four methods of engaging

targets with both the LAW are:
a. Single
b. Sequence
c. pair
d. Volley firing

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 a. Single Firing – In single firing, one
soldier engages a target with one LAW
or AT4 – there are no follow-on shots.
This method is mostly for use at short
ranges (50 meters or less with the LAW;
200 meters or less with the AT4).

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 The single- firing method can be
effective at greater ranges out to 200
meters with the LAW; out to 300 meters
with the AT4) when the exact range to
the target is known.

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 b. Sequence Firing – In single firing,
one firer armed with two or more LAWs
or AT4s engage a single target. The firer-
- Inspects and prepares the weapons
for firing and lays them side by side.
- Fires and observes the impact of
the round.

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The firer - cont’n . . .
- If the hits the target, continues
to fire follow-on rounds until the
target is destroyed or until ordered
to cease fire.

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The firer - cont’n . . .

- If he misses, applies burst-on-target

corrections with follow-on rounds until
the target is hit. He then fires until he
destroys the target or until ordered to
cease fire.

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 c. Pair Firing – In pair firing, two or
more firers each armed with two or
LAWs or AT4s engage the same target.
They exchange information throughout
the target engagement.

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 1. The first firer who sees the target
identifies it, announces the estimated
range and the lead he will use, and fires.
2. The second firer observes the
firing, announces a revised estimate of
range and lead (if appropriate), and fires.

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 3. The firers continue exchanging
range and lead information until the
target is hit.
4. Once the range and lead have been
terminated, both firers, on command,
engage the target until it is destroyed or
until ordered to cease fire.

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 d. Volley Firing – In volley firing, more
than one firer engages the same target
using one or more LAWs and AT4s.
Volley firing should be used when the
range to the target has been determined.
This method is desirable because more
rounds are fired at a given time, thus
increasing the probability of
hitting/killing the target.

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 TO SUMMARY

This lesson discussed the Fire

Distribution, Fire Control and the
methods of engaging targets with anti-
armor weapons in the conduct of
Techniques of fire situations.

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